Annual Report - 2020 Board of Directors
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Annual Report - 2020 Board of Directors Ross Rentea MD (And as always an Appeal for your Support) President Mark Kamsler MD Thanking you Vice-President Treasurer and Philia Kelnhofer Secretary Continuing our Work! Andrea Rentea MD Dear Friends, Gordon Edwards We could start with the Covid crisis but let us remember something else first. Tim Heath Ph.D. Occult Physiology, Gene Gollogly a lecture cycle given by R. Steiner in 1911 Paul Barratt MD Tim Heath Ph.D. This and another date are rather important to anthroposophical medicine. This year we remembered/commemorated the fact that R. Steiner gave the first complete course to doctors in March of 1920. Thus, one could argue that we are looking at 100 years of anthroposophical medicine. Even though the course was not organized by doctors, nevertheless around 50 physicians still came together and gave R. Steiner the opportunity to present basics of medical therapy. So together with the Goetheanum Medical Section we can indeed celebrate this important moment. So why mention the “Occult Physiology”? It is because already then R. Steiner presented an entire course on a basis for medicine that he connected to the impulses coming from the stars -hence “occult”. With the very important Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn occurring this December 21st, and R. Steiner giving the so called astronomical course in January of 1921, it is perhaps not insignificant to place ourselves into the impulses that connect our work to the star impulses. It is with this in mind that we invite you to attend our upcoming “Kolisko Christmas Webinar” on 12/16/2020 , (see info at http://www.koliskoinstitute.org/upcoming-webinars/ ) entitled “Meditative Thoughts for the Holy Nights”. 1005 Richards Rd., Hartland, WI, 53029, 1-262-912-0970, www.koliskoinstitute.org At this point we want to give a deeply felt thanks to all who have continued to support us and make our work possible. We were so grateful for several extremely large donations but also very thankful for many, many in smaller dollar amounts. All were given from the heart and made the work below possible. Here is a summary of what your donations were used for. 1. Regarding the Corona crisis: We all are being bombarded daily with information relating to this topic. Perhaps surprisingly (or not) there are diverging points of view among the anthroposophical doctors as well about the degree of danger, contagiousness, necessity of mask wearing (or even if corona or other viruses exist). We at Kolisko have preferred to make practical contributions to the discussions by pointing out f. ex. what can be done “beyond the mask” and how to answer the viral and other similar respiratory challenges with creative anthroposophical remedies-please see our recently given webinars on the Kolisko website. http://www.koliskoinstitute.org/kolisko- institute-webinars/ 2. Research activities We are continuing our germination experiments that (brief description) will show that even highly potentized (ultra-high diluted) substances can have a demonstrable effect on biological organisms. This methodology initiated by R. Steiner and L. Kolisko will also show the creative results that Anthroposophy can bring to the world. The results of these experiments are then incorporated into some of the remedies at True Botanica. (We have made offers to several other institutions to do such work for them too but no takers so far.) One example of a recent germination experiment would be the work on the meteoric iron (literally falling from the skies), called Ferrum sidereum (see the graph to the right). Interestingly the curves indicate that low potencies of this meteoric iron are stimulating the growth of the etheric forces of the seeds while increasingly the higher potencies 1005 Richards Rd., Hartland, WI, 53029, 1-262-912-0970, www.koliskoinstitute.org suppress the etheric forces…until the cycle begins again at D29 (proving incidentally that the effect is not just lesser because the dilution is higher and less of the original substance is available!) Following another indication of R. Steiner’s, we are continuing our exploration of the effects of the plant ashes on the effectiveness of remedies. Our latest work is on new formulations of the plant Andrographis, the so called “king of bitters”. As an advance “teaser” please think why it is so important that precisely the leaves of this plant are used; why is it important to add the ashes and the potentized plant material to the formulation of the final remedy? We hope to have more information soon. 3. Educational activities - especially now in a time of travel restrictions, etc., having numerous communications in the form of emails and webinars has been welcomed by the friends in the US but also by interested individuals literally world -wide (South Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and yes even Germany and Romania!). We have had close to 2,000 (!) attendees both old friends and newcomers. Emails: “Essentials of Anthroposophic Medicine” All 12 emails of this series, connecting basic anthroposophical concepts to practical therapeutic ideas, have been met with enthusiasm. Ex’s would be: ideas on iodium (potentized iodine), external applications with copper and iron ointments, meteoric iron and more. Webinars We will have given ten webinars this year. Most have been related to therapeutic themes, but some have been intentionally dedicated to more core anthroposophical, meditative and esoteric themes. To our friends it will have been obvious for a long time that we consider one of our main goals to be the re-connection of the core of Anthroposophy and R. Steiner with the daily practical aspects of life. We thus hope to contribute in whatever modest ways to the life of the Medical Section of the Spiritual Goetheanum. Before we go on, we thought that it might be nice this year to introduce both our new co- workers and those who have been here for a while. After all, even though elemental beings are doing the work it is people who need to help along a little. We asked each to share a couple of lines with all of us – so here they are--plus, if they were too modest, I added a small comment (RR): 1005 Richards Rd., Hartland, WI, 53029, 1-262-912-0970, www.koliskoinstitute.org Elisabeth (Betsy) Schilz I contribute to the overall mission by supporting the administrative work and providing the initial response to enquiries. I enjoy paddle boarding with my family, hiking with my Siberian Huskies, and perennial gardening. (When you call, she is most likely the friendly voice you get greeted with-RR) Neda Sattler I have been less than a year with the Kolisko Institute and while there is a lot to learn and absorb, I enjoy the work in an anthroposophical environment. I perform several critical steps in the seed germination process from the original selecting of the seeds to the plating, watering, growing, weighing and final tabulation of the results. In my free time I can also be found in the great outdoors with my hiking boots (and sometime with my mom) and camera or at home with a cup of tea and a good book. Heidi Swan I have been with the Kolisko Institute for nine years. I currently split my time between our office and my new career in real estate. I spend every extra minute of time with my husband Luke, a professional photographer, and my two very active children Callie (9) and Elijah (15). There is no shortage of items on that to do list. (She is multi -tasking between administrative duties and working on the germination experiments-RR) Patrick Yockey At the Kolisko Institute I am responsible for the potentizing of the substances that will be used both for the initial experiments and afterwards for the remedies. I am involved in multiple steps in the germination of the seeds process. (Thank you, Patrick, for your so conscientious work ethic-RR) 1005 Richards Rd., Hartland, WI, 53029, 1-262-912-0970, www.koliskoinstitute.org Philia Kelnhofer (I am taking these lines over for Philia because her great contributions to the Institute is matched and outweighed by her modesty-RR): We would have gotten considerably less done at The Kolisko Institute without the tireless efforts of this Board member and co-worker. In spite of recently having baby twins she has continued to supervise all administrative tasks, keep all management duties running smoothly and updated and taken care of too many other duties to mention, duties that an institution cannot exist without. Mark Kamsler MD My family and myself at Thanksgiving, 2018. When not busy with work at True Botanica, medical office and the Kolisko Institute, I enjoy a quiet moment to read, do some eurythmy and take walks in the neighborhood. (Way too modest. Mark also makes sure the gemination experiments are done properly, constantly supervises the functioning of the research tools, facility and equipment, grows some of our plants on the roof top of his house(!) and helps discuss fresh research ideas. In the photo Mark is second from left back row. RR) Sorina Rentea DC Helped by my chiropractic training I am beginning to research anthroposophical aspects to chiropractic activities, finding out how one can introduce anthroposophical remedies in the care of the locomotor and joint health and preparing a deeper understanding of the digestive system. All a work in progress… but hopefully I will be able to add to the Kolisko Institute work. 1005 Richards Rd., Hartland, WI, 53029, 1-262-912-0970, www.koliskoinstitute.org Andrea Rentea MD (Again, for the reasons I have given above I have taken over these few lines.